Molly found this video about autism and told us to watch it. I've never seen this one before and think it will be useful to watch all that we can get our hands on because they will show us what works and what doesn't, what has been done before and what no one has attempted yet.
I would have liked to use puppets but I didn't think it was appropriate for adult audiences and knew my team are skilled in 2D illustration, but this video is beautifully crafted and makes me think of all the possibilities for 3D scenes and character construction.
I think it's beautiful and a really inventive way of visualising the experience of autism, a disorder that can affect your interaction with the world, by manipulating and exaggerating the set and scenes.
This animation was made for an audience much younger than ours, so it is more subtle and uses lots of metaphors - I think we can afford to be more honest and realistic, less fantasy with ours.
Molly told us to look at the comments. I wouldn't have thought to do this but I was really shocked when I scrolled down and saw all the negative comments. Lots of people on youtube expressing their anger at this video because it isn't accurate:
These opinions are SO important because they are the people that are being represented (or MISrepresented). We need to keep asking for feedback and talking to people with autism to make sure that we are giving honest insight and a fair representation.
HOWEVER, I'm not sure if all of this hate is justified... the video is talking about ONE individual story and every experience is different. Lots of autistic people CAN speak to others and make eye contact, but the boy in this video COULDN'T. I think we need to make it really clear that we are discussing INDIVIDUAL stories and that they shouldn't be generalised to everyone with autism. It;s just one story and that isn't the same for everyone on the spectrum.
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